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Originally Posted by HenrikOlsen
I'll quite readily admit that.
I would however say that I consider the ability to communicate in writing to be part of fluency and that would be where many would fail.
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I strongly disagree! Many people who're fluent in a language can neither read nor write it, yet they're often hired as translators in light of their fluency not only in one language, but in two or more.
I believe you're confusing "fluency," which is defined as "capable of using a language easily and accurately" with "literacy," which means "able to read and write."
If you were to replace your use of the terms "fluent/fluency" in your previously preceding posts with the terms "literate/literacy," I believe you'd be much closer to the mark.